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Israeli flight attack against Iran target in Syria

8/24/2019, 9:49:55 PM

Israel has conducted air strikes in or near Syria's capital Damascus, several media reports. According to the state news agency Sana, the air defense has managed to ward off several attacks.


Explosions have been heard in the capital, according to news agency AFP's correspondent.

There are no reports of injured. Israel has confirmed that it has carried out air strikes in Syria.

The target was the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which has a presence in the country, and the goal was, according to the Israeli military, to prevent an attempt to attack northern Israel with the help of drones, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz writes.